Telescope foes travel to California to appeal to key funder

January 30, 2019

HONOLULU (AP) — Leaders of a fight against building a giant telescope on a Hawaii mountain are in California trying to convince a financial backer of the project to withdraw support.

Kealoha Pisciotta says she and other opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope are scheduled to meet Wednesday with the president of a Palo Alto-based foundation established by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife.

The Gordon and Betty More Foundation pledged $250 million for the $1.4 billion project.